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Committee hears emotional testimony on vulnerable roadway user bills to enhance penalties for drivers injuring pedestrians and cyclists
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee heard extensive testimony on a bipartisan package of bills that would expand protections for pedestrians, cyclists, wheelchair users and micro-mobility-device users and give prosecutors additional penalties for motor-vehicle actions that cause serious injury or death to those users.
Representative Rogers and Representative Wenzel presented a bipartisan vulnerable roadway user (VRU) package — House Bills 4334 and 4335 — and the House Judiciary Committee heard extensive testimony from survivors, advocates and law-enforcement professionals.
Representative Rogers said the package "adds a section to the Michigan vehicle code" and defines a vulnerable transportation device in part by power and speed thresholds (an electrical propulsion system with an average power of about 750 watts or 1 horsepower or a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour). Rogers said the bills "provide enhanced penalties for moving violations that cause serious injury or death and provide…
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